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1000 Hours Outside

Weekly reflections and resources to help you reclaim childhood, reconnect your family, and restore mental health—one hour outside at a time.

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Latest episodes

Our Best Days Are the Days We Run Out of Time for Screens

The Skinny With Ginny #15

Nature Doesn’t Just Calm Us Down. It Brings Us Back Together.

The Skinny with Ginny #14

The Problem Isn’t Just Screens. It’s What Screens Replaced.

The Skinny with Ginny #13

Let Them Ride: Announcing woom Bikes as the Official 2026 Bike Partner of 1000 Hours Outside

Don't Miss The BRAND NEW 100 Hour BIKE Tracker!

The Red Line Is Falling - And It’s Our Kids

The Skinny With Ginny #12

Guardrails Aren’t Enough. Kids Need a Better Invitation.

The Skinny With Ginny - #11

The 1000 Hours Outside Challenge - A Movement for Mental Health in 2026

The Skinny with Ginny #10

1000 Hours Outside 2025: A Year of Wonder, Challenge, and Hope - and Looking to 2026

The Skinny With Ginny #9

The Christmas Our Grandparents Knew

Why a 1950s holiday might be exactly what our kids need today - The Skinny With Ginny #8

🎁 The 1000 Hours Outside Holiday Gift Guide: Gifts That Reclaim Childhood, Reconnect Families, and Restore a Little Sanity 🎁

Every year, the same dilemma strikes: What do we actually give our kids that doesn’t end up buried under the couch by January?

Let Them Ride: How woom Bikes Help Families Reclaim Childhood

A partnership born of shared purpose, because bikes still build the best memories

The Coming Age of Durable Work

The Skinny with Ginny #7

Your Brain on ChatGPT - and Why It Still Needs the Woods

The Skinny with Ginny #6

Why Play May Be the Greatest Parenting Solution of All

The Skinny With Ginny #5

College Isn’t the Only Door: Rethinking Success, Student Debt, and the Degree-Free Path

The Skinny With Ginny #4

“Hi, This Is My Mom…” Calls With Gen Z Bosses, and Why a Little Laughter (and Outside Time) Still Fixes a Lot

Sunday Funday

Fifteen Minutes to Change a Day (and Maybe a Childhood)

The Skinny With Ginny - #3

Are Screens Really the Problem? Or Is It Loneliness? Or Both?

(And Why the Mental Health Crisis Among Youth Demands More Than Another Study) The Skinny With Ginny - #2

Checkmate, But Make It Musical

Sunday Funday #1 - A look at one story that made us happy this week!

Hello, Again :)

A second welcome message to those just joining!